Tag Archives: fantasy series

WHISPER (DARWATH NOVELETTE)

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Bookwraiths

Whisper by Barbara Hambly Genre: Fantasy Series: Darwath Short Story Publisher: Self Published (July 18, 2015) Author Information: Website Length: 46 pages My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. A novelette in the Darwath world. Six years have passed since … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Epic, Fantasy, Short Stories | Tagged Barbara Hambly, Darwath, Darwath short stories, fantasy series, Ingold Inglorion, The Dark, Whisper | 1 Comment

WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Bookwraiths

When the Heavens Fall by Marc Turner Genre: Fantasy Series: The Chronicle of the Exile #1 Publisher: Tor (May 19, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Length: 544 pages My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. I’m one of those … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Epic, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery | Tagged epic fantasy series, fantasy series, fantasy series like Malazan, Marc Turner, The Chronicle of the Exile, Tor fantasy, When the Heavens Fall | 21 Comments

ERAGON (The Inheritance Cycle #1) by CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Bookwraiths

Eragon by Christopher Paolini Genre: Fantasy Series: The Inheritance Cycle Publisher: Listening Library (2004) Author Information:Website | Twitter My Rating: 2 out of 5 stars. This review must begin with my admission that I am a middle-aged, white man. My … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Audio Books, Epic, Fantasy, High, Young Adult | Tagged best fantasy YA novels, christopher paolini, dragonriders, eragon, fantasy series, Saphira, The Inheritance Cycle, YA fantasy series | 8 Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY — THE LORDS OF DUS by LAWRENCE WATT-EVANS

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Bookwraiths

Flashback Friday is something I’ve been doing here at Bookwraiths for a while now; a time when I can post my thoughts about books and graphic novels that I’ve read in the past and never gotten around to reviewing. With … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Fantasy, Flashback Friday, High | Tagged best overlooked fantasy series, fantasy series, Flashback Friday, Lawrence Watt-Evans, overlooked fantasy books, The Book of Silence, The Lords of Dus, The Lure of the Basilisk, The Seven Altars of Dusarra, The Sword of Bheleu, underappreciated fantasy books, underappreciated fantasy series | 3 Comments

THE LONGEST FANTASY SERIES

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Every one of you has done it: fallen in love with an epic, fantasy series that goes on and on forever. The ones that begin so grandly then morph into multi-volume nightmares that never seem to end. Even the authors … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Lists | Tagged Black Company, David Gemmell, DISCWORLD, Dragonlance, DRENAI SAGA, drizzt, ETERNAL CHAMPION, fantasy series, george r.r. martin, Glen Cook, goodkind, IMAGER PORTFOLIO, longest fantasy series, margaret weis, Michael Moorcock, MYTH ADVENTURES, pern, R. A. Salvatore, raymond e. feist, REDWALL, riftwar, ROBERT ASPIRIN, robert jordan, Stephen King, Sword of Truth, TERRY PRATCHETT, the dark tower, tracy hickman, valdemar, wheel of time | 68 Comments

FUN DAY MONDAY, OR THE BOOKS THAT WILL HELP ME SURVIVE THE WEEK AHEAD (AUGUST 18, 2014)

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Bookwraiths

It is that most horrible of times: Monday! The day I have to put my big boy suit on and jump back on the corporate escalator to nowhere. Last week, real life derailed my attempts to finish up a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Funday Monday | Tagged alternative Roman Empire stories, epic fantasy books, epic fantasy series, epic fantasy series 2014, Exiles of Arcadia, fantasy series, James Gawley, Kameron Hurley, Protegee, The Mirror Empire, Worldbreaker Saga | 4 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELING — SAVING THE WORLD

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Every Thursday, Nathan over at Fantasy Review Barn hosts a weekly party where blogs get to follow along with Diana Wynne Jones’ hilarious book The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel listing their favorite books with … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Lists, Tough Traveling | Tagged fantasy series, Tough Traveling, Tough Traveling Thursday | 21 Comments

THE HERALD by ED GREENWOOD

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. The Herald is the sixth and final book of the multi-author The Sundering series that began with The Companions by R.A. Salvatore. Here, Ed Greenwood, the creator of the Forgotten Realms, attempts … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Forgotten Realms, High | Tagged Ed Greenwood, Elminster, epic fantasy series 2014, fantasy series, the Forgotten Realms, The Herald, The Sundering | 5 Comments

THE ADVERSARY by ERIN M. EVANS

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 3 out of 5 stars. In The Adversary, Erin Evans returns to the story of the young tiefling warlock Farideh and her sister Havilar that she began in her two Brimstone Angels books. And while The Adversary … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Forgotten Realms, High, Sword and Sorcery | Tagged Erin Evans, fantasy series, Forgotten Realms, The Sundering | 5 Comments

HOPES’ END by BRIAN McCLELLAN

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 4 out of 5 stars. “Hope’s End” is a short novella set in Brian McClellan’s Powder Mage world, which began with the novel Promise of Blood. Where Promise was epic in its scale and ambition, depicting vast … Continue reading →